The Venera mission, which launched from Kazakhstan on March 31, 1972, failed long before the Soviet Union could attempt to ...

Debris from the 50 year-old probe Cosmos 482 crash-landed into the Indian Ocean over the weekend.

A failed Venus mission fell from the sky over the weekend after aimlessly orbiting Earth for the past 53 years. Various ...

Kosmos 482 rocketed into space in 1972 on a quest to reach Venus, but its journey was scuttled by an apparent engine malfunction.

In an astonishing twist, theKosmos 482, a Russian spacecraft launched in 1972, is thought to have finally fallen to Earth ...

FILE - This photo provided by researcher Jane Greaves shows the planet Venus, seen from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s ... The United States Space Command routinely monitors dozens of ...

Kosmos 482 was built as the twin of Venera 8 ... land—the chances of a destructive impact grow as the number of reentries ...

The spacecraft, stuck in orbit since 1972 after an unsuccessful mission to Venus, plunged into the Indian Ocean.

Kosmos 482 became stranded in Earth’s orbit after a premature engine cutoff during its launch phase. Now the spacecraft is expected to reenter Earth’s atmosphere between May 8 and 11 - after 53 years ...

A COLD War era Soviet spaceship destined for Venus is set to crash back to Earth, and it could hit the UK. Kosmos 482 took off in 1972, but a failed launch left the spaceship circling lifelessly ...